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Photothermal Materials

Submission Deadline: May 31, 2025

Materials have the power to relay and convert energy. This Special Topic focuses on the recent scientific advances related to materials that turn light into heat, i.e., photothermal materials. Such materials have received renewed interest owing to potential applications in cancer therapies and contributions to photocatalysis.

Specifically, APL Materials aims to provide a forum for the broad, interdisciplinary field of photothermal science. Metrology and characterization topics include the development and utilization of new instrumentation for the measurement of photothermal properties and temperature at the time-space limit. Materials development topics include nanomaterials, structured materials, and new compositions leading to manipulation of the photothermal characteristics. Lastly, demonstrations of applications of new techniques and materials are welcome, across analytical, biological, and medical sciences.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

  • Photothermal characterization techniques
  • Novel instrumentation for thermometry
  • Photothermal microscopy
  • Materials for photodynamic therapy
  • Efficient light absorbers
  • Materials for photothermal therapy
  • Nanostructured photothermal materials
  • Photothermal effects
  • Material changes as a result of photothermal heating
  • Photothermal materials in biological organisms
  • Photothermal efficiency of materials
  • Photothermal catalysis

Guest Editors

Quanbo Jiang, University of Technology of Troyes

Wiebke Albrecht, AMOLF

Emiliano Cortes, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Submission Deadline: May 31, 2025
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